The Nursing Mother'S Quick Reference Guide And Planner: Essential Breastfeeding Information For Mothers With New Babies

The Nursing Mother'S Quick Reference Guide And Planner: Essential Breastfeeding Information For Mothers With New Babies

This is a shorter version of the best-selling book on breastfeeding, The Nursing Mother's Companion?y Kathleen Huggins. This concise, easy-to-use-on-the-fly version of that classic book is ideal for busy, time-pressed new moms (and their helpers and partners). It also includes planner pages to help keep track of nursing and pumping sessions and other important details. Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not always instinctive for either mothers or babies. Kathleen Huggins'sThe Nursing Mother's Companion has been a top-selling book on breastfeeding for more than 7 editions over 30 years, with more than 1.1 million copies sold. It isrespected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and it is well loved by new parents for itsencouraging and accessible style. Now, in this shorter quick-reference version,moms and their partners can get the answers they need in a flash,without sacrificing the breadth and accuracy of the original book. Plus,this edition adds a planner component,for scheduling nursing sessions,pump rentals andpumping sessions,weight and wellness checks,anticipated dates for weaning, andmore. Kathleen Huggins equips breastfeeding mothers with all the information they need to overcome potential difficulties and nurse their babies successfully. This up-to-date book covers:Expressing, storing, and feeding breast milkHow to cope with breastfeeding obstacles and challengesManaging pumping and nursing when you return to workNew-mom care for the?ostpartum periodIntroducing solid foodsHow to choose a breast pumpDeciding when to wean-and how to do itAbout the AuthorKathleen Huggins is a registered nurse and board-certified lactation consultant who is widely recognized as one of the pioneers in establishing the lactation consultant discipline as a core component of maternal-child health care in US hospitals. She established this reputation by creating and running a model breastfeeding clinic at San Luis Obispo General Hospital in California; by lecturing widely to professional peers and hospital administrators; and through her book The Nursing Mother's Companion. She has also co-authored The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning and Nursing Mother, Working Mother. She lives in San Luis Obispo, where she currently runs a new mothers' store, Simply MaMa. She continues to lecture widely in the health care and lactation-consultant arenas.